rb5037 Posted May 29, 2007 Report Share Posted May 29, 2007 Hope someone can help. We're looking into buying a new house and the house is fed with "spring water" not mains that we've been using. Has anyone got any knowledge with spring water? filters if needed, water shortage, electrical pump, contamination etc........ Really interested in the house, it's the water that's putting us off a little as we can't seem to talk to anyone who knows. Only the environmental health and they didn't say it was that great with a young family. Any help would be really good. Thanks Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted May 29, 2007 Report Share Posted May 29, 2007 how is the spring water collected? we always had water from a borehole as kids with no problem at all no filters or anything like that. The plus points are no fluoride or chlorine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackbart Posted May 29, 2007 Report Share Posted May 29, 2007 Buy the house bottle the water give it an organicky name sell it for £1.80 a bottle in no time atall you will have made enough to drink champagne all the time instead off water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curly87 Posted May 29, 2007 Report Share Posted May 29, 2007 our house has been using spring water for a long time now and it works fine and is a darn site cheaper than mains, i think mum pays £20 a year for maintance. the way ours works is by a pump at the bottom of the valley which is connected to a small feeder tank that is filled by the spring, the pump then sends the water back up the valley side into a large header tank which feeds the houses due to gravity. there is also a inline filter some were along the pipes, however i dont think its that advanced, and the water tastes so much better than mains stuff. also my grandpa has been living on the farm for just over 50 years ive been on it for 20 and the water feeds around 25 people none of which have ever become ill from drinking the water, i say go for it its cheap, tastes good and you dont get random leaks every other day flooding your street or the water board telling u there is a hose pipe ban in the middle of winter!!! if you have got any questions just ask Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNAKEBITE Posted May 29, 2007 Report Share Posted May 29, 2007 I'm afraid my knowledge is limited to the "Peckham spring" variety. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted May 29, 2007 Report Share Posted May 29, 2007 You might want to check out the BBC it's hard being green website - that fella with the jumbo tache did it and well at least you can be safe in the knowledge that your hair won't fall out - that is unless you live close to Sellafield. Seriously though, it would be worth doing a local authority search to make sure that there are no local nasties that might drain into the water table. You could ask these fellas http://www.environmentalsearches.net/?gcli...CFQROEAodm0SuKQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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